London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ilford 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
This page requires JavaScript
69
notified at or after death. Three were not notified, by reason of the
medical attendants believing the cases to have been already
notified.
The notification of tuberculosis in the area by Medical
Practitioners may be considered as very satisfactory, and in any
case arising of failure to notify, the Medical Attendant is communicated
with immediately. It has not been found necessary to
institute proceedings, no case of wilful neglect or refusal to notify
having occurred. Copies of the Public Health (Tuberculosis)
Regulations, 1930, have been forwarded to all local Medical
Practitioners.
During the year 1930, the following deaths occurred from Tuberculosis:-
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |
|---|---|---|
| IIford Residents | 61* | 8† |
| Non-Residents:- | ||
| Claybury Mental Hospital | 14 | 1 |
| West Ham Mental Hospital | 9 | - |
| King George Hospital | - | 1 |
| Ilford Isolation Hospital | 1 |
*Includes 1 at King George Hospital
† 2 „ „
On the 1st January, 1930, there were 628 cases on the register
of the department.
On the 31st December, 1930, with 162 new cases notified and
45 transfers (Institution cases omitted), and allowing for deaths,
removals from the district, and cases removed from the register as
cured, there were 740 cases on the register.
The new cases of Tuberculosis are visited by the Tuberculosis
Nurse of the Essex County Council.
608 of the cases of longer standing were visited by the Sanitary Inspectors
during the year, and the following reports were obtained:—